Well, Professor Pippin Barr, you’ve done it again: you’ve ruined chess | Gaming

Back in 2019, experimental game developer and actual university professor Pippin Barr released a browser game consisting of eight, very silly variations on chess – a flagrant assault on the…

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Slay the Spire 2 gets 15 powerful new multiplayer cards, while making life easier the first time you install a mod | Gaming

Slay the Spire 2 has received a bunch of potent new cards specifically for co-operative multiplayer. They span all five of the game’s classes, from the aloof and stargazing Regent…

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Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely continues its mobile investment spree with Umamusame: Pretty Derby director’s new company Studio AuKnow | Gaming

Mobile gaming giant Scopely has made a “strategic investment” into Studio Auknow, a new company formed by the former director of Umamusame: Pretty Derby. Announced via a press release from…

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Why I Still Use the Scuf Instinct Pro For Gaming After 5 Long Years | Gaming

One of the longest-serving bits of tech I’ve still got knocking around is this Scuf Instinct Pro controller, finished in a wonderfully garish purple-and-orange colourway I chose nearly five years…

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The Flash #123 Gave Superheroes The Greatest Gift of Them All – the Multiverse | News World

The Flash is one of the most important characters in the history of the comic industry. To begin with, the mantle is the first of DC’s legacy mantles – those…

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Where did all the UK game events go? | Gaming

A recurring question in the UK games scene is why such a significant territory can’t sustain its own major consumer event, in the style of the US PAX, the French…

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is getting a “Story Expansion Pass” amid a heap of DLC to help it wrap up the remake trilogy, leaked store listings suggest | Gaming

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is the end of the remake trilogy Square Enix kicked off with, er, Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Though, it looks like than ending might go on…

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Xbox Reportedly Scrapped Obsidian Closure Talks at the Last Second, Insider Claims | Gaming

A new report claims that Microsoft was having discussions about Obsidian Entertainment as apart of their layoffs, but changed its mind about it at the last second. According to insider…

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s development got so bad that it almost turned its devs away from the industry for good: ‘I could feel myself coming apart at the seams’ | Gaming

I have a couple of very vague memories of playing Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League back when it released a couple of years ago. Mostly, I remember thinking ‘meh’….

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Relic announce a new Company of Heroes RTS, a wave defence roguelite for strategy buffs who don’t have time to fight a whole World War | Gaming

Very good World War RTS Company of Heroes 3 is getting a standalone wave defence roguelite spin-off, Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand, in which you have to outlast 12…

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Xbox Exclusive Shooter Game is Coming to PS5 and Switch 2 | Gaming

A third-person shooter remaster that only released on Xbox and PC last summer is about to find a wider audience when it finally drops on PS5 and Switch 2. Warhammer…

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“You can literally reroute a river into a desert and cause it to bloom”: Star Wars Galaxies lead says of his new sandbox MMO Stars Reach | Gaming

Raph Koster’s career spans the evolution of the modern MMO. Creative lead on MUDs, Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, and EverQuest 2, the systems and mechanics his teams developed live…

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“Am I going back to PS4 days?” – Former PlayStation leader Shuhei Yoshida has tried the Steam Machine, and he doesn’t sound very impressed | Gaming

Former PlayStation Worldwide Studios president, and later the head of indies at PlayStation, Shuhei Yoshida has received his Steam Machine, and he has some blunt feedback about the new console….

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Bam! Pow! Krakoom! The everlasting allure of the American comic book | National | News World

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Xbox is ‘keeping’ Obsidian, has no plans to sell Fallout New Vegas studio | Gaming

Beloved Fallout New Vegas studio Obsidian Entertainment is reportedly safe from closure in Xbox’s upcoming layoffs. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES New reports say that Obsidian Entertainment may be one…

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Creator-distributed discount codes drive massive uptake of game storefronts, according to new Tebex data | Gaming

Game codes distributed by content creators to their community drive significant additional revenue for game storefronts, according to new research by provider Tebex, although its data pointed to the impact…

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How many of these games with pixel art styles can you identify? | Gaming

Look, I’m not saying I’m not amazed that games have reached this era of visual hyperrealism where I can count the individual hairs in your character’s nose. It’s an impressive…

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Flask is a grim brew of homunculus autobattling and hand-drawn alchemy, and it’s got a new demo on Steam | Gaming

Everyone, look how open-minded I am: I’m spotlighting a demo for a game I’m not personally interested in. Nobel Peace Prizes, FIFA Peace Prizes, Pepsi sponsorships, surely all mine now…

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Rumour: Halo Being ‘Heavily Evaluated’ At Xbox, But Remains Key Part Of Future Plans | Gaming

There’s obviously a lot of talk about potential layoffs and studio closures at Xbox right now, but one franchise that definitely won’t be going anywhere is Halo – or at…

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Seoul-set MMO shooter Cinder City halves its RAM requirements, after initial specs listed 64GB of memory | Gaming

RAMnarök may not be a literal cataclysm, of the kind that smashed Cinder City’s version of Seoul into dirty bits, but it ironic that the upcoming tactical shooter MMO seemingly…

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The 7 Most Powerful Amazons in DC Comics, Ranked by Powers | News World

Themyscira has produced mighty warriors who have fought gods, conquered death, and stood against the evils of men’s world, and Wonder Woman isn’t the only powerful warrior to come out…

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Rumour: Xbox Is ‘Heavily Evaluating’ Halo’s Future Just Weeks Before Its PS5 Debut | Gaming

To say Xbox is in chaos right now would be an understatement. The platform holder is currently in the midst of managing mass layoffs throughout its studios, all while its…

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Soma dev’s next game, Ontos, delayed to 2027 in order to deliver on studio’s “ambitious” vision | Gaming

Frictional Games – the Swedish developer behind Soma and Amnesia: The Dark Descent – has announced its upcoming release Ontos is being delayed to 2027. The game was announced with…

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PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony’s disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox | Windows

PlayStation fans threaten to leave consoles behind after Sony’s disc decision Sony confirmed on July 1 that physical disc production for new PlayStation games ends in January 2028. Every new…

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Ithaca is a road trip RPG about climate resistance and dealing with the hostage you have in your trunk | Gaming

The ethical quandaries around car usage aside, we can all agree there’s nothing like a road trip, right? When better a time is there to think about every single…

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“I could feel myself coming apart at the seams”: Suicide Squad leads on almost leaving the games industry after its failure | Gaming

Crikey, remember Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League? That sure was a mess. It was a public mess too, one where there were seemingly some attempts to save the…

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Carcass Clad is less story-heavy than Mouthwashing, but ‘a lot of thought’ has gone into it: ‘We haven’t discovered how much we can push it’ | Gaming

After blowing the doors down with narrative horror game Mouthwashing, developer Wrong Organ decided to zig instead of zag: Its next project is Carcass Clad, a roguelike co-op tank simulator…

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Is Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Stock Impacted by Reported Xbox Restructuring and Gaming Division Changes? | Gaming

We recently compiled a list of the 10 Most Undervalued Dow Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts.  Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is among the most undervalued stocks. TheFly reported…

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“The goal isn’t to build something that burns brightly for a few years and disappears” – Cosmic Division CEO on launching a “responsibly ambitious” studio | Gaming

In May, former Housemarque game director Harry Krueger launched Cosmic Division, a new indie studio based in downtown Helsinki. Krueger was previously game director at Housemarque, where he worked on…

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Step Into the Modern Era in EA SPORTS College Football 27 with EA Play | Gaming

Members can experience everything Saturday demands with the iconic traditions and pageantry of game day in the EA Play early access trial. It’s time to take the gridiron in EA…

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